SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING POETIC CAN BECOME POLITICAL AND SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING POLITICAL CAN BECOME POETIC

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SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING POETIC CAN BECOME POLITICAL AND SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING POLITICAL CAN BECOME POETIC

Edition: Unique

Mexico, Mexico City, 2007
Time Based Media
Video installation with various components
Dimensions variable
Purchased with funds provided by the Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art Deaccession Fund and the Michael and Dorothy Blankfort Bequest by exchange (M.2007.139.1-.10)
Latin American Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

This installation is a powerful reflection on the absurdity of political boundaries, in this case, the Green Line....
This installation is a powerful reflection on the absurdity of political boundaries, in this case, the Green Line. The Green Line refers to the 1949 armistice lines established between Israel and its neighbors—Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt—at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Its name was derived from the green pencil used to draw the line on the map during the armistice talks. In June 2004, Francis Alÿs performed a walk in Jerusalem holding a leaking can of green paint, following a portion of the Green Line. Israelis and Palestinians were invited to react spontaneously to the action. Ilona Katzew, 2008
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